What is better than spending a moment to kick off a completely automated process to redeliver an existing operating system as a virtual machine within a new build of Windows 7?
Answer: Making the entire process “zero touch” without necessitating a visit to the target computer or manually initiating the migration!

P2V Migration for Software Assurance can now be implemented using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment as well as native Lite Touch Installation with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 U1. Computer refresh, replace and restore task sequence templates for Configuration Manager are included and documented in this Beta release.

P2V Migration templates integrated with Microsoft Deployment Task Sequence options in System Center Configuration Manager. Can be created and advertised as with other task sequence options.

This solution was built to help unblock OS deployments by redelivering blocking users’ old Windows environments, applications and browsers seamlessly in Windows 7 using automated physical-to-virtual migration

P2V Migration for Software Assurance uses the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Sysinternals Disk2VHD and optionally System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to convert a user’s existing Windows XP or newer client environment to a virtual hard disk then automates the delivery of an updated and personalized Windows 7 operating system containing a virtual machine with the user’s previous Windows environment, applications and Web browser. The user’s previous virtual desktop retains its existing management components, domain membership and policies. The process also publishes applications and the browser for the user to access them seamlessly within Windows 7’s start menu.

How it Works

Completely automated process enables the previous operating system to be a child virtual machine inside the Windows 7 host.

Standalone application and Internet Explorer links published from virtual machine to native Windows 7 start menu. These applications can be launched individually using RemoteApp integration – without showing the entire virtual machine’s desktop.